When a pair of legs washed up in Clifford Pier Harbour in Singapore, the police knew something was very wrong. That same week, a South African tourist who had travelled to the country to buy the latest electronics was reported missing. He would never make it home. Somehow, in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the world and a draconian criminal justice system, he fell prey to British serial killer John Scripps, who travelled the world murdering unsuspecting tourists and butchering t...
Nov 10, 2023•36 min
What kind of killer could chisel out the panel of a door and creep inside without waking a soul? How was he so light on his feet that nobody heard him coming on the dark, moonless nights on which he struck? That’s what the people of New Orleans were asking themselves when their city was terrorised by a mysterious Axeman who targeted Italian grocers, leaving nothing behind but blood, fear, and a discarded weapon - and taking nothing with him except the secret of his identity. He came and went lik...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Anjette Donovan Lyles ran a popular diner in downtown Macon, Georgia and she oozed Southern charm, wowing customers with her lemon pie and banana pudding. But behind the home-cooked meals and the bright red lipstick-smile, lurked a dangerous killer from whom none of her family members were safe… Thanks for listening! Here's how to get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Patreon Email prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Want to listen to my audiobook, Murder Case...
Oct 18, 2023•22 min
Ronald Ruse was a happy, easy-going young man who enjoyed surfing and softball in his home state of sunny California. But when he met girlfriend Linda Ricchio, everything changed for the worse. This is a sad and alarming story of obsession and stalking that culminated in disaster and ruined more than one life. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website Twitter/X Facebook Podcast Page Facebook Author Page Instagram Patreon Email prashsmurdermap...
Oct 06, 2023•24 min
When a family man desperate for excitement in his mundane life created a fake online persona and swiped right on a beautiful young woman on Tinder, he intended to take advantage of her naivety and hook up with her for casual sex. But neither of them knew it would be a match made in hell...and it was only a matter of time before deception escalated to murder. 💡 Support me on Patreon to get ad-free episodes https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap 💰 Make a one-off contribution Every little bit he...
Sep 28, 2023•32 min
When a WWII veteran was approached in Philadelphia by a man in a distinctive alpine hat, the two seemed to hit it off. But by the next morning, one of them would be dead and the other would become the object of a manhunt after a grisly discovery was made inside an abandoned footlocker. But was the case as clear cut as it seemed? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website Twitter Facebook Podcast Page Facebook Author Page Instagram Patreon pras...
Sep 25, 2023•17 min
Why did it take so long for the killer of 16-year-old Lynn Siddons to be brought to justice? This case involved a man who was obsessed with Jack the Ripper and blamed his crimes on his stepson, and a police force who were woefully inefficient in tackling the case. Lynn’s tenacious grandmother was forced to fight for the truth, in an 18-year legal battle that no bereaved family should ever have to endure. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Webs...
Sep 20, 2023•19 min
It should have been obvious that for school cleaner Vincent Stanford, spying on girls in the bathroom was just the beginning. When he began stalking a 12-year-old pupil and amassed hundreds of photos of her, it was only a matter of time before he escalated to rape and murder. His victim was dedicated teacher Stephanie Scott, whose life he cut short just days before her wedding, in a case that shocked a small New South Wales community. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with co...
Sep 13, 2023•23 min
In the Peak District in 1977, the ‘Year of the Knife’ continued with a robbery that shocked a quiet village, culminating in the murder of a bank clerk and the kidnap of his colleague. Could the police find her in time before the cold night drew in across the freezing Gunn Hill moorland? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website Twitter/X Facebook Podcast Facebook Author Page Instagram Patreon Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Want to listen to...
Aug 30, 2023•23 min
A birdwatching getaway in the Peak District that should have been uneventful was the inspiration for this episode, with my wife and I accidentally choosing to stay just a few hundred yards from the scene of a notorious set of murders, which we learned about by chance. It seems that true crime follows me everywhere… (my wife still doesn’t believe that I really didn’t know when we booked it!) The lives of an escaped criminal and an unsuspecting family converge in a dramatic and bloody home invasio...
Aug 24, 2023•38 min
In this episode, we look at the tragic case of young mother Denise Amber Lee who was abducted from her own home in broad daylight, and the advanced forensics that led to the successful conviction of her captor. Could Denise have been saved if the police had responded more quickly to information provided by a witness? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Website Twitter Facebook Podcast Page Facebook Author Page Instagram Patreon Email: prashsmurder...
Aug 14, 2023•21 min
When Laura Black landed her dream job in Silicon Valley, she had no idea that she would become the object of a co-worker’s obsessive desires. Everywhere she went, Richard Farley seemed to be there. Everything she did, Richard Farley was watching. Finally, the sustained stalking episode culminated in a violent showdown that became one of California’s most notorious mass murders. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: My Website Twitter Facebook Podcas...
Jul 31, 2023•22 min
It was Christmas of 1970, and Charles King and Christopher Lowery were watching a motorcycle race at Mack Park in Hamilton, Australia. Most 18-year-olds at the race that day were innocently chatting about bikes and beer. But Lowery and King were not most 18-year-olds, and they were talking about what it would be like to kill a girl. It was only a matter of time before they turned their thoughts into reality. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Web...
Jul 28, 2023•11 min
In this episode, we’ll be tackling a cross-border killer who sparked an investigation on both sides of the English Channel, involving both the British and French police. This case includes science experiments, missing bodies, bin bags, chickens and frogs…not to mention the clever forensics that put this quirky perpetrator behind bars. Here’s how you can get in touch with comments , suggestions and donations: Website: https://www.prashganendran.com Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Facebook Podcast: fb.m...
Jul 19, 2023•37 min
We’ve made it to the end of a gruelling, terrifying, emotional journey through London’s East End in the Autumn of Terror of 1888. Thank you so much for joining me as we explored each of the Jack the Ripper murders and the historical context of the time. Now, we conclude by reviewing some of the key suspects in this mini-series wrap-up. Can we ever uncover who the perplexing, outrageous, shadowy figure really was – that killer whose nickname everyone knows, but whose real identity remains a myste...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Join me for the penultimate episode of this mini-series where we’ll examine the death of the final canonical victim, in a bloodbath so unimaginable that it has become one of the most memorable Ripper murders, symbolic of his spiralling descent closer and closer to hell. We’ll look at Mary Jane Kelly’s life and try to understand the strange testimony of the witnesses as we encounter a visitor dressed in astrakhan, a man with a sinister black bag bothering women in the area, a missing key and more...
Nov 14, 2020•45 min
Let’s look at the second part of the so-called Double Event that chilled the people of Whitechapel to the bone on 30th September 1888. Catherine Eddowes was arrested for her own safety after being found drunk in the street, and ironically met her demise just 400 yards from the police station minutes after her release, her corpse mutilated in the most vicious and disgusting way that had yet been seen. ***Don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s ...
Nov 12, 2020•42 min
In this fourth instalment of my Jack the Ripper miniseries, we’ll look at the murder of Liz Stride in Berner Street on 30th September 1888. What made her death different from the other victims, and can we really count her amongst the canonical 5? ***Don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credits:Research, writing, narration and a...
Nov 10, 2020•33 min
We’re back for part 3 of this miniseries, so buckle up for a hair-raising, spine-chilling ride as the most famous serial killer of all time claims his second canonical victim… and for the first time, claims his name – Jack The Ripper. We’ll learn about Annie Chapman and tell her story, as we try to piece together the events of the Autumn of Terror. It’s not for the faint-hearted. ***Please don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatcher*** Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can ge...
Nov 08, 2020•36 min
Welcome back to foggy, lamplit London as we embark on the second episode of this miniseries on one of the most notorious serial killers of all time - Jack the Ripper. We’ll look at the first of the canonical murders; that of Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly, who was found in Bucks Row with her throat slashed and her abdomen mutilated. Wrap up warm and keep looking over your shoulder, because the Autumn of Terror has just begun... ***Please don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcat...
Nov 06, 2020•37 min
Jump in a hansom cab and come with me to the foggy, lamplit streets of London’s East End as we embark on this 7 part mini-series on the gruesome murders of arguably the most infamous serial killer of all time… Jack the Ripper. Pack your doss money and a penny for the newsboy and let’s get started with two killings that occurred just before the Autumn of Terror. Could Emma Smith and Martha Tabram have been early Ripper victims? ***Please don’t forget to rate and review on your favourite Podcatche...
Nov 05, 2020•31 min
Black versus white, North versus South, vigilantes and a deathbed confession. Join me for all this and more as we travel to Atlanta, Georgia in 1913 to learn about the tragic death of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan – one of the most divisive cases in history. Was the right man found guilty, or was it impossible to hold a fair trial in a state riven by racial, religious and geographic tension that had been brewing ever since the end of the Civil War? Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Twitt...
Oct 01, 2020•55 min
We travel back to Minnesota in 1912 to discover the tragic case of a young woman slain just yards from home: so close to safety, yet so far from salvation. She was popular and hardworking, with a loving, happy family, and no enemies. So how was it possible that a man confessed multiple times to killing 21-year-old Alice Matthews, but nobody was ever taken to trial? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurderma...
Sep 04, 2020•40 min
Most murderers try to hide their crimes. But this one wrote a book about it. Join me on a journey to Poland as we learn about the strange case of the failed intellectual, businessman and novelist who brutally killed his ex-wife’s lover in a jealous rage. He thought he was smarter than the police. But he was wrong. Recommended Podcast: Morbidology, check out https://morbidology.com/morbidology-podcast/ Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @...
Aug 14, 2020•30 min
When Quakers Hill Nursing Home hired a new member of staff without conducting proper background checks, they had no idea of the carnage that would follow, as their night shift nurse Roger Dean became one of the worst mass murderers in Australian history. Murder is always distressing, but when the victims are some of society’s most vulnerable members, it becomes even more poignant. Recommended Podcast: Brew Crime https://brewcrime.com/ Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with co...
Aug 04, 2020•41 min
Last time, in the first part of this double episode, I told the story of the disguise-wearing, letter-writing serial killer operating in California’s Bay Area in 1968 and 69, who christened himself Zodiac. His choice of victim changed, as did his MO, so how do you catch a killer whose only motive is achieving infamy and mocking the police? Join me for Part 2, where we’ll analyse the killer’s behaviour and review some of the popular suspects and theories, and we’ll hear from Zodiac expert Michael...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 27 min
How do you catch a serial killer who picks his victims at random, and whose only motive is to taunt the police? In Part 1 of this 2-part investigation into California’s Zodiac Killer, I’ll present the story of one of the most bizarre yet compelling unsolved cases in criminal history. Coincidences, letters, ciphers, phone calls and costumes – they’re all here. Join me again next time for Part 2 where we’ll do some more analysis and a review of the suspects. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you ca...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Two murders. Two sisters. One mind. Journey with me back to the 1930s to examine one of the most grotesque and brutal double slayings in the history of France. This is not for the faint-hearted, because true crime just got even bloodier. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com If you enjoyed the show, please consider supporting Prash’s Murder Map on Patreon; take a look at the rewards on offer...
Jun 22, 2020•22 min
Today’s episode is in a slightly different format, so let’s go back in time for a whistle-stop tour of 5 Victorian crimes. From mass murder to bodies in boxes and botched hangings, Murder Minis has you covered for 25 minutes of bitesize blood-soaked crimes.
Jun 15, 2020•27 min
Board a plane with me and fly to one of the most beautiful countries in the world, forever bloodstained by the murders of at least 38 women by the South African Strangler, or, as I call him, the Black Ted Bundy. How did the injustice and brutality of apartheid contribute to a child growing up to shed the skin of his humanity and becoming a monster? Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.com Credi...
May 31, 2020•45 min
